A theory of distributed objects : asynchrony - mobility - groups - components

Distributed and communicating objects are becoming ubiquitous. In global, Grid and peer-to-peer computing environments, extensive use is made of objects interacting through method calls. So far, no general formalism has been proposed for the foundation of such systems. Caromel and Henrio are the first to define a calculus for distributed objects interacting using asynchronous method calls with generalized futures - a must in large-scale systems, providing both high structuring and low coupling, and thus scalability. The authors provide very generic results on expressiveness and determinism, and the potential of their approach is further demonstrated by its capacity to cope with advanced issues such as mobility and components. Researchers and graduate students will find here an extensive review of concurrent languages and calculi, with comprehensive figures and summaries. Developers of distributed systems can adopt the many implementation strategies that are presented and analyzed in detail. TOC: Part I - Review 1) Distribution, Parallelism, and Concurrence - 2) Distributed Objects - 3) Formalisms and Distributed Calculi Part II - ASP Calculus 4) An Imperative Sequential Calculus - 5) Asynchronous Sequential Processes - 6) A few Examples Part III - Semantica and Properties 7) Parallel Semantics - 8) Properties and Confluence - 9) Non Confluent Features Part IV - Implementation Strategies 10) A Java API for ASP: ProActive - 11) Future Update - 12) Controlling Pipelining - 13) Loosing Rendez-vous - 14) Garbage Collection Part V - A Few More Features 15) Migration - 16) Reconfiguration - 17) Components Part VI - Final Words 18) ASP versus other Concurrent Calculi - 19) Conclusion - 20) Perspectives Appendix A) Equivalence Modulo Features - B) Confluence Proofs

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9783540208662 ; 3540208666
• Dimensions: 24 cm
• Extent: XXXII, 200 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: graph. Darst. ; Literaturverz. S. 309 - 319

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Informatik
• Keyword: Verteilte Programmierung ; Objektorientierte Programmierung ; Nebenläufigkeit ; Formale Sprache ; CSP

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin, Heidelberg, New York
• (who): Springer
• (when): 2005
• Creator: Caromel, Denis ; Henrio, Ludovic

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• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/970161247/04
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